linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 14/17] static

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Date:   Sat, 11 Jul 2020 07:08:00 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 14/17] static_call: Handle tail-calls

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 08:23:19PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:38:45 +0200
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> > @@ -1639,6 +1647,10 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtoo
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		return ret;
> >  
> > +	ret = read_static_call_tramps(file);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> >  	ret = add_jump_destinations(file);
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		return ret;
> > @@ -1671,10 +1683,6 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtoo
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		return ret;
> >  
> > -	ret = read_static_call_tramps(file);
> > -	if (ret)
> > -		return ret;
> 
> Hmm, what's the reason for moving this above? Should we have a comment
> here if there's importance that read_static_call_trampoline() is done
> earlier?

I suppose comments is something objtool lacks more of.

The reason is that add_jump_destination() is the thing that does
tail-call detection, and if it wants to add static-call sites, it needs
to know about the trampolines.